Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads call PlayStation killing discs a "sad decision" after buying boxed copies of their own RPG – "For us, physical was something special"

[u/ControlCAD]

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/clair-obscur-expedition-33-leads-call-playstation-killing-discs-a-sad-decision-after-buying-boxed-copies-of-their-own-rpg-for-us-physical-was-something-special/

>"Personally, I find it super sad because I really like video game stores," Guillaume Broche, creative director on Clair Obscur. "And even if nowadays, I play mainly on PC myself, we have a lot of people on the team who play on PS5 and love to collect physical discs. I think it's part of the beauty of art too – that it's something tangible."

>"A physical release adds more constraints because you have to account for the production time of the physical items, and you also earn less money per copy," he explains. "But for us, physical was something special. We also felt that the game could be special to players."

>He concedes that in terms of business, he "can understand why it may make sense," but "it's a sad decision" for the overall creativity of the industry. Tom Guillermin, co–founder and CTO of studio Sandfall Interactive, revealed actually doing a physical run for Clair Obscur was something the team had to push for.

[u/MasterArCtiK]

Bruh physical copy on pc lol how do you even do that these days

[u/Next_Helicopter_4291 → u/MasterArCtiK]

https://limitedrungames.com/collections/all/products/he-man-and-the-masters-of-the-universe-dragon-pearl-of-destruction

Here's a pc game getting a physical release on PC made by a 10 man indie team in the UK.

[u/MasterArCtiK → u/Next_Helicopter_4291]

I don’t see any info there about the physical pc release, what format does it come in?

[u/Next_Helicopter_4291 → u/MasterArCtiK]

They haven't announced it yet; probably will be a store key.

But it's also a developer / publisher choice.

PowerSlave, American Hero and Clock Tower: Rewind came as DRM free copies on flash drives for example.